{"id":1176,"date":"2026-10-25T18:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/2027-ndc-slams-tinubu-apc-over-%e2%82%a61bn-worth-of-prado-suvs-for-youth-leaders\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T18:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T18:51:40","slug":"2027-ndc-slams-tinubu-apc-over-%e2%82%a61bn-worth-of-prado-suvs-for-youth-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/2027-ndc-slams-tinubu-apc-over-%e2%82%a61bn-worth-of-prado-suvs-for-youth-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: NDC slams Tinubu, APC over \u20a61bn worth of Prado SUVs for youth leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"561\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2027-NDC-slams-Tinubu-APC-over-\u20a61bn-worth-of-Prado-SUVs-for-youth-leaders.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"2027: NDC slams Tinubu, APC over \u20a61bn worth of Prado SUVs for youth leaders\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/2027-NDC-slams-Tinubu-APC-over-\u20a61bn-worth-of-Prado-SUVs-for-youth-leaders.jpg 561w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-25-193852-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) after its National Youth Leader, Dayo Israel, announced the distribution of brand-new 2026 Toyota Prado SUVs to selected youth leaders for election mobilisation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NDC said the seven vehicles shown in a video posted by Israel were worth about \u20a61.015bn, accusing the ruling party of spending taxpayers\u2019 money on the lavish lifestyles of politicians while Nigerians grapple with economic hardship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The average cost of a brand-new 2026 Toyota Prado is \u20a6145,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we counted seven such vehicles, and the number could be even higher. The total cost of these seven vehicles alone amounts to \u20a61,015,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>While the rudderless, clueless, and ruinous\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QYeB7UU21y\">https:\/\/t.co\/QYeB7UU21y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nigeria Democratic Congress (@NigeriaNDCHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NigeriaNDCHQ\/status\/2114417688261083260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on X reacting to Israel\u2019s video, the opposition party said the estimated cost of the vehicles reflected what it described as wasteful spending by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe average cost of a brand-new 2026 Toyota Prado is \u20a6145,000,000. In this video, we counted seven such vehicles, and the number could be even higher,\u201d the NDC said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe total cost of these seven vehicles alone amounts to \u20a61,015,000,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The party criticised the government\u2019s economic policies, saying Nigerians had been asked to endure hardship while political leaders continued to enjoy expensive benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile the rudderless, clueless, and ruinous administration of President Bola Tinubu has been asking Nigerians to endure the pains of its wicked and cruel reforms, this is how taxpayers\u2019 money is being spent,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe wasteful APC-led administration is funding the lavish lifestyles of politicians while ordinary Nigerians wallow in poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NDC called on Nigerians to vote the ruling party out in the 2027 general election, describing opposition to the administration as a civic responsibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe cannot continue like this. We owe Nigerians and the unborn generation the civic duty to vote the ruinous administration of President Bola Tinubu out of power,\u201d the party said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also used the controversy to promote its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, pledging that his administration would reduce the cost of governance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur presidential candidate is strongly committed to cutting the cost of governance,\u201d the NDC said, urging voters to support Obi for what it described as \u201ca new and working Nigeria for all, and not for a corrupt few\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel had earlier posted a video showing the vehicles, saying they were presented to selected youth leaders to support their election mobilisation activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday, I presented brand new 2026 Prado to my committed selected youth leaders to aid their election mobilisation activities,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also thanked First Lady Oluremi Tinubu for her support for the party\u2019s structure under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am grateful to my Mummy, H.E Mrs Oluremi Tinubu for her continuous support to the party structure under my leadership,\u201d Israel said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the APC would focus on grassroots mobilisation ahead of the election, saying the party would \u201cdeliver polling unit by polling unit\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NDC\u2019s valuation is based on its estimate of the vehicles\u2019 average price and its count of seven SUVs in the video.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/10\/2027-ndc-slams-tinubu-apc-over-%E2%82%A61bn-worth-of-prado-suvs-for-youth-leaders\/\">2027: NDC slams Tinubu, APC over \u20a61bn worth of Prado SUVs for youth leaders<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC) after its National Youth Leader, Dayo Israel, announced the distribution of brand-new 2026 Toyota Prado SUVs to selected&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}